Colombia’s agricultural minister said Wednesday the government is prepared to deal with the “El Niño” phenomena and subsequent summer heat that has raised temperatures throughout the country. Minister Juan Camilo…
Severe rainfall has broken a 40m levee, displaced 375 people and flooded 500 hectares of crops in western Colombia, reported Colombian daily El Pais Thursday. The incidents occurred in the…
Another 30,000 Colombian have suffered because of heavy rains the past week, the director of the Colombian Red Cross said Sunday. Since March, the beginning of the rainy season, a…
Heavy rains that have been pouring down on Colombia since the beginning of the rainy season in January cost the lives of 48 people so far, authorities say. The rains…
Following the intense droughts and wild fires caused by the “El Niño” phenomenon, Colombia predicts the arrival of “La Niña” phenomenon, which means heavy rains and potential flooding and landslides around…
There are at present no active forest fires in Colombia, after blazes struck more than 400 Colombian municipalities so far in 2010, according to the Interior and Justice Ministry, reports…
Dengue fever-related deaths are skyrocketing in Colombia as temperatures around the country soar, with 22 fatalities from the deadly disease recorded in the Andean nation in the first six weeks…
Experts polled by Reuters predict that Colombia’s rate of inflation in February stood at 1.03%. The predictions come ahead of Colombia’s national statistics agency DANE’s announcement of the official inflation…
Colombia’s Central Bank again voted to keep the country’s interest rate unchanged at 3.5% in Friday’s monetary policy meeting. This is the third successive monthly meeting at which the bank…